The iPhone 5s slow motion video might not be true 720p, experiment against the Note 3 shows
posted by Daniel P.
/ Oct 18, 2013, 2:37 AM
Apple touts the slow motion video capability in its new iPhone 5s, equipped with an upgraded iSight camera and a powerful 64-bit A7 processor. It turns out, as a little experiment has shown, that it might not be a true 720p slow-mo with 120fps, but rather upscaled from 480p.
The experiment was done against the new Galaxy Note 3 from Samsung, which features true 720p slow motion effect in its video camera settings. The regular 720p video captured with the Note 3 shows noticeably more detail than the allegedly 720p one from the iPhone 5s in the same circumstances, as you can see from the video screenshots below.
source: GSMArena
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53 Comments
1. itsdeepak4u2000
Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012
In short, Apple is lying to their customers. Very bad innovation.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 2:41 AM 40
6. tech2
Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012
That A7 processor in 5s is an absolute waste !
Not only it doesn't need to support a HD screen (let alone a full HD) but now it can't even record 720p video at 120fps !
I wonder is the processor inferior or Apple's ios in utilizing it ?!
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 2:57 AM 21
9. ijklmnop
Posts: 18; Member since: Oct 10, 2013
...and PA is supporting apple that they are actually saving resources.WTF? "should have added fckn 3GB ram".this shouldve been a conclusion.
blind isheeps
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:21 AM 17
44. kaira
Posts: 26; Member since: May 12, 2013
@PhoneArena, I don't know whether you get paid by APPLE. Why would you speak on behalf of APPLE? Had it be other OEM company, the MICHEAL H, ALAN F etc of this world, would be bashing it, but since its APPLE - its double standards... PhoneArena is bias to say the least, whether I'm banned it doesn't matter... This is not ON!
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 10:34 AM 2
15. bbblader
Posts: 590; Member since: Oct 24, 2011
Apple lies that it's iPhone can do slow motion 720p@120fps and no one bats an eye.
Nokia release an ois video which doesn't say that it was shot on the Lumia 920 and everyone loses their minds...
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:35 AM 19
36. jacko1977
Posts: 428; Member since: Feb 11, 2012
like when they said ijunk5 was thinnest phone in the world
and that screen was the best and no one came close when 720p screen came out
and ios is the most advanced os in the world
they spit out nothing but lies over over over
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 7:16 AM 4
27. tech2
Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012
Just because Apple is cheating on consumers as well that doesn't make Nokia's action any less dishonest.
P.S. - The ad clearly showed the guy using 920 followed by a video of the recording. Don't tell me it was just a happy coincidence !
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 4:34 AM 2
28. PhoneArenaUser
Posts: 5498; Member since: Aug 05, 2011
New day, new story, but point is the same - iPhone 5S is overpriced crap.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 4:36 AM 17
38. Finalflash
Posts: 4062; Member since: Jul 23, 2013
They've been doing that for a while now....no surprises here, their customers aren't exactly the tech cream of the crop. Like hell the pre-teens or grandmas even notice this.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 8:23 AM 3
2. iluvsonynokia
Posts: 161; Member since: Aug 27, 2013
I think appe got patent on lie
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 2:47 AM 15
3. streethistory
Posts: 2; Member since: Mar 12, 2013
Too bad the HTC One/EVO had slo-mo video capture 1.5 years ago
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 2:50 AM 3
8. _Bone_
Posts: 2155; Member since: Oct 29, 2012
120fps @ 720p? .... right.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:02 AM 5
39. Finalflash
Posts: 4062; Member since: Jul 23, 2013
Well, apparently Apple doesn't either, so HTC wins out because they likely could upscale from 480p as well in those phones.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 8:26 AM 0
7. _Bone_
Posts: 2155; Member since: Oct 29, 2012
Caught cheating, where's Obama now?
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:02 AM 26
17. PapaSmurf
Posts: 10457; Member since: May 14, 2012
Caught cheating big time. One of the very few features of the new iPhone is being reported as a lie. Wait until the general public reads about this.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:36 AM 13
40. Finalflash
Posts: 4062; Member since: Jul 23, 2013
They won't, not the ones that matter, being blind and deaf to criticism as they are.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 8:27 AM 1
10. jose.vu
Posts: 16; Member since: Mar 28, 2013
Actually I don't quite believe in GSMArena way to do the comparison,
First, if you look at the photo (capture from the video), the iphone5s one is way brighter than Note 3. Second, iphone5s requires much faster shutter speed (at least 1/120s).
Combination of much brighter image + very high shutter speed means much higher ISO.
If you look at any camera, higher ISO means more noise, hence noise reduction will smear all the details and image looks like being upscaled.
I usually don't like Apple, but I do believe what they say in the spec (like battery or speed bump) ...
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:22 AM 1
11. darkskoliro
Posts: 1092; Member since: May 07, 2012
Note 3 also captured it at 120fps @ 720p, so it had the same shutter speeds. So it would have come down to optics, who would have better optimized the ISO balance etc. (The same ISO level doesnt mean same amount of noise. Depends on the sensor)
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:26 AM 11
25. genious1987
Posts: 2; Member since: Sep 18, 2012
Darkskolliro,
Note 3 didn't record a slow-mo video @ 720P.
"Here’s the experiment we did. We took a slo-mo video with the iPhone 5s and a regular 720p video with another smartphone simultaneously (because the iPhone 5s can’t record regular 720p videos)" From GSM Arena.
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 3:56 AM 0
29. darkskoliro
Posts: 1092; Member since: May 07, 2012
Someone with a Note 3 double check on that please, but I'd say it was 120fps @ 720p because I know on my HTC Butterfly I dont have an option to record 30fps @ 720p, if I want it in 720p its going to be in 60fps
posted on Oct 18, 2013, 5:01 AM 0
12. darkskoliro
Posts: 1092; Member since: May 07, 2012
This is the kind of detail I want from a review...pointing out quality of claims etc. Numbers are numbers, but if you have nothing to show for it then reviewers should be able to point it out.
